iamnotamerican.com
Oct 27th, 2007, 12:58 PM
Especially when it comes to freebies, there is occasionally a problem with people clicking straight through from RFD, due to the fact that some domains block users who have been referred from sites such as RFD.
I have noticed on another (non bargain hunting) site that they use http://anonym.to/ (http://www.gulli.com/english/anonym-to/) to 'derefer' links, so the receiving web site doesn't know where the visitor is coming from.
I think that kind of service would have an application on RFD, however since RFD doesn't review or control (prior to posting) the content of posts, there may be some changes needed. Perhaps the addition of several text boxes (similar to the 'Title:' box when posting a new thread) to the New Thread/Reply screens in which people could post URLs, and then scripting through the RFD site that automatically encodes the URL with the appropriate anonymising addition? The links could then be placed at the top or bottom of a post when displayed in the forums.
Just a thought...
I have noticed on another (non bargain hunting) site that they use http://anonym.to/ (http://www.gulli.com/english/anonym-to/) to 'derefer' links, so the receiving web site doesn't know where the visitor is coming from.
I think that kind of service would have an application on RFD, however since RFD doesn't review or control (prior to posting) the content of posts, there may be some changes needed. Perhaps the addition of several text boxes (similar to the 'Title:' box when posting a new thread) to the New Thread/Reply screens in which people could post URLs, and then scripting through the RFD site that automatically encodes the URL with the appropriate anonymising addition? The links could then be placed at the top or bottom of a post when displayed in the forums.
Just a thought...